[dredds]

I don't think there's a recorded case of people going about their daily lives and getting struck dead by rocket or satellite debris. Eventually there'll be a first, but how many rockets are launched every year?

Getting wiped out by people jet-setting around the planet on holiday is more likely. Planet-level extinction movies are a popular genre, so yes, we do care.

[bewaretheirs]

Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708

Long March 3B launched from Xichang, China on 1996-02-15, immediately veered off course and crashed into a village near the launch site.

Official death toll is 6 dead, 57 injured, though some eyewitnesses present at the launch believe the death toll must have been much higher.

[ygra]

Oh, it has happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708

Things are a lot easier to make safe when launching towards water, but some countries don't have that luxury.